Sunday, June 23, 2013

After a two-plus hour rain delay that began at 1:15 p.m., play resumed under clearer and sunny skies with Danny Lee clinging to a two-shot lead (-17) ahead of playing partner Andrew Putnam.

As all players were in place by 3:30 p.m. to resume play, Lee birdied the 7th hole and extended his lead back up to three shots ahead of the field.

Lee went on to par the 8th hole while Putnam fell behind with a double-bogey.

No sooner had Lee dropped his putt when both second-round leader and local favorite Chesson Hadley and playing partner Josh Broadaway each eagled the par-5 ninth to make things interesting as they put themselves only three shots behind Lee.

As both Lee and Putnam missed opportunities to put themselves in any position to score eagles to end their front nine, they both finished with par as Lee stood at -18, followed closely behind by Loar (-16), Hadley (-15), and Broadaway (-15).

Danny Lee picked up from where he left off and scored an 8-under
par 63 during his third round of play and gained the outright lead
(-17) at the 2013 Rex Hospital Open at TPC Wakefield Plantation in
Raleigh...

Chesson Hadley carded a simple 2-under par score of 69 and
played a conservative and patient round of golf during the second day of
play in the Rex Hospital Open at TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh,
N.C. on...

Rookie Andrew Putnam walked off the 18th green at TPC Wakefield
Plantation in Raleigh, N.C. leading the Web.com Tour’s Rex Hospital Open
by one stroke after carding a first-round score of 9-under par (62...

Tour veteran Jason Gore continued to make a run at the lead early during the second round of play at the 2013 Rex Hospital Open on Friday.

Gore finished his round with a par and finished with a 3-under par 68 to add to his first round of 65 that put him into the lead at the time.

As Hadley continued to maintain his steady play throughout his round, he found himself back in the lead managing to drop a few birdies to jump ahead of Gore (-9), while newcomer to the top of the board, Danny Lee (-8) jumped past Andrew Putnam (-8).

Erik Flores dropped the first hole-in-one at this year’s tournament on the 16th hole just past 10 a.m. on Friday as putts continued to drop for others at the time as well.

Jason Gore and Cameron Beckman put up low numbers quickly, scoring birdies early in their second rounds to take the lead at 10-under par before coming back down just after first-round leader Andrew Putnam teed off.

Putnam's game cooled off a little during the latter part of his second round which had Gore and Hadley leading at -8.

Rookie Andrew Putnam walked off the 18th green at TPC Wakefield
Plantation in Raleigh, N.C. leading the Web.com Tour’s Rex Hospital Open
by one stroke after carding a first-round score of 9-under par (62...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Three-time major champion and Hall of Fame golfer Billy Casper toured Rex Hospital and visited with patients and doctors in the run-up to this week’s Rex Hospital Open on Tuesday.

Casper, an inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978 and PGA Hall of Fame in 1982, visited the heart station, catheterization lab and a heart floor and learned about the hospital’s anticipated expansion of a new heart and vascular tower recently approved to be built. Funds from this year’s Rex Open will benefit Rex Heart & Vascular services and programs.

The visit to Rex marked another stop during a busy week for Casper, who also serves as co-chair of this year’s Rex Hospital Open, along with Captrust’s Jimmy Talton.

A Masters and two-time U.S. Open champion, Casper will also host an exclusive dinner event at 6 p.m. on Saturday at TPC Wakefield Plantation.

The dinner event begins with a reception followed by a five-course dinner during which Casper will recount stories of his playing experiences, including his relationships with golf legends Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.

As the morning groups at the Rex Hospital Open finish making their way around the course at TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, local product Chesson Hadley used his hometown discount to take the early lead, carding an 8-under par 63.

Hadley was closely followed by former two-time U.S. Open winner Lee Janzen whose 6-under score of 65 kept him close, using up his stored up shot-making abilities after being DQ’d back in June from a U.S. Open-qualifying round for wearing metal spikes.

Kent Jones equaled Janzen’s 65 as the board was littered with 50-plus players who shot under par to set the standard for what looks to be a very exciting week of PGA golf to take place in the Triangle.

As much as many were scoring low on Thursday, others struggled including two-time champion Kyle Thompson, walked off the course disappointed after carding an 8-over par 79, while 2009 champion Kevin Johnson finished at even par (71).

As afternoon groups begin to tee it up on a sunny day with temperatures in the low 80’s and a slight breeze, conditions are ideal for players and spectators alike, local golf fans should filter in en masse to take in local junior product, amateur Carter Jenkins, who will tee off at 2 p.m. on the 10th hole.

He shot an 8-under 63 at TPC to earn his shot at getting an exemption to tee it up against the pros, hoping to make the cut and improve on his first experience at the Rex when he fell below the cut line, scoring rounds of 76 and 80 accordingly.

Recent Rex Hospital Open news from the Raleigh Sports Examiner on Examiner.com:

Carter Jenkins and Grayson Murray were on the practice range at
TPC Wakefield Plantation on Tuesday getting ready to compete in the
Web.com Tour’s Rex Hospital Open which will begin play on the course in
Raleigh, N...

Leesville High senior golfer Carter Jenkins shot a two-round
score of eight-under-par and took home the crystal trophy at the 2013
Rex Hospital Open Junior Invitational played at TPC Wakefield Plantation
in Raleigh, N.C. on Sunday...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Carolina RailHawks host Chivas USA in the Round-of-16 match of the 100th Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Wednesday.

With a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy back on May 29th, the RailHawks earned a return rematch with Chivas, who beat Carolina 2-1 in last year’s U.S. Open Cup meeting, the first-ever competitive match between the two clubs.

The Goats tallied the 2-1 victory over the RailHawks in that game on penalty kick scored during stoppage time, making this year’s Carolina squad want to advance to the quarterfinals even more.

“We have a lot of guys (back) from last year,” Kupono Low said.

“I thought last season we did very well going forward – we scored a lot of goals. With the lead we gave up some of the goals later in the game, so this year we’re focusing on playing the whole 90 minutes, being a little more disciplined. Defensively, that’s created the success we’ve had this season.”

Carolina comes into the game with a 2-2-1 (W-T-L) record in their last five games while Chivas has struggled with a 1-0-4 record during the same span.

“They have a little fire in them, they want to do something well in this Open Cup,” Low continued.

“For us, and potentially teams that don’t finish in the top of the table for the MLS, there’s a lot at stake. I’m sure there’s players on their team still fighting for starting positions, same as ours. It’s gonna’ be a battle.”

The RailHawks will continue to show why they are currently atop the NASL standings and hope to use their success in Cup play to prove that they belong competing against any team.

“Teams like us in the NASL, we put a lot into it (US Open Cup),” Low continued.

“It’s our opportunity to get recognized on a higher stage and it also gives us the opportunity to get us into the Champions League. Lower divisions like us are fighting for that and we put all of our chips on the table and go for that Open Cup. It’s going to come down to the final minute to decide who’s going to go on to the next round.”

The winner of Wednesday’s game advances to the tournament’s quarterfinal round against the winner of the match between Real Salt Lake and the Charleston Battery.

With a 2-1 stoppage time victory over the defending champion
Tampa Bay Rowdies at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Saturday, the
Carolina RailHawks now sit atop the North American Soccer League (NASL)
standings.Undefeated in their...

The NASL’s Carolina RailHawks hosted the reigning MLS champion
LA Galaxy once again and came up with another win, a 2-0 decision, in
third-round play of the 100th Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament at...

The reigning Major League Soccer (MLS) champions, the LA Galaxy,
were busy training at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Tuesday.The
team made a return trip back to the Triangle to once again match up with
local...

The NASL’s Carolina RailHawks hosted the reigning MLS champion
LA Galaxy once again and came up with another win, a 2-0 decision, in
third-round play of the 100th Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament at...

The reigning Major League Soccer (MLS) champions, the LA Galaxy,
were busy training at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Tuesday.The
team made a return trip back to the Triangle to once again match up with
local...

The seventh-seeded Duke Blue Devils completed their run, beat
the top-seeded Syracuse Orange 16-10, and won their second NCAA men’s
lacrosse championship in four years in front of a crowd of 28,244 at
Lincoln...

The third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels women’s lacrosse team
held off the top-seeded Maryland Terrapins in a 13-12 triple-overtime
thriller to win their first-ever National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) championship title at Villanova...

The third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels dominated the
second-seeded defending national champion Northwestern Wildcats, 11-4,
in the first semifinal played in the 2013 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse
Tournament at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pa. on Friday...

The third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (16-3) will try to
repeat what they did earlier in the season against the second-seeded
Northwestern Wildcats (19-2) – they beat them.Heading into their fourth
semifinal game in the...

The seventh-seeded Duke Blue Devils held on for a 12-11 win over
the second-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the two teams’
quarterfinal matchup at the 2013 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament played
at Lucas...

The fifth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels were overtaken and
suffered a 12-11 loss to the fourth-seeded Denver Pioneers in their 2013
NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinal matchup played at Lucas Oil
Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind...

It’s seems that the 2013 NCAA men’s lacrosse season has shown
much more parity amongst competing teams than in previous years.Many
top-20, including numerous top-10 programs, suffered multiple losses
this year whereas in...

The eighth-ranked Duke Blue Devils feel that they are in great
shape heading into their first-round matchup against the defending
champion and ninth-ranked Loyola Greyhounds in the 2013 NCAA Men’s
Lacrosse Tournament at Koskinen Stadium...

The eighth-ranked Duke Blue Devils advanced to the quarterfinals
of the 2013 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament with a 9-8 win over the
17h-ranked Princeton Tigers in front of 1,250 in attendance at
Navy-Marine...

Talking with Duke Blue Devils head women's lacrosse coach
Kerstin Kimel on Wednesday along the sidelines of Koskinen Stadium in
Durham, N.C., you truly got the sense that she had prepared her team in a
variety of...

The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion North Carolina
Tar Heels were seeded in the No. 5 spot for the upcoming 2013 NCAA
Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament as announced by the NCAA Selection
Committee from Indianapolis, Ind...

The Duke Blue Devils will begin their road to the Final Four as
the No. 7 overall seed in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse
Tournament as announced by the NCAA Selection Committee from
Indianapolis, Ind. on...

The current scheduling conflict between the Carolina Hurricanes
and the athletics department at NC State University seems to be moving
along according to recent media reports made from Raleigh, N.C. on
Thursday.The Carolina Hurricanes, franchise member of the...

The Carolina Hurricanes finally did it – they moved on.Gone are
the team’s original uniform design and its variations that players in
the organization donned since 1997, now replaced with a cleaner, simpler
looking hockey ensemble that...

Carolina Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford
released a statement on the status of the team’s contract negotiations
with prospect Gregory Hofmann from the team’s offices in Raleigh, N.C.
on Sunday.The Hurricanes and...

The Carolina Hurricanes will make a change regarding how the
team will look on the ice for the upcoming National Hockey League (NHL)
season as announced by the organization on Thursday from its offices at
PNC Arena in Raleigh, N...

While they did not make the playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes
have some exciting summer events planned to keep their fans cool while
getting them fired up for the upcoming 2013-2014 seasonThe Hurricanes
revealed plans for their upcoming Summerfest event...

Team USA turned up the heat in the third period and skated past
Team Russia 8-3 in their quarterfinal game played at Hartwall Arena in
Helsinki, Finland on Thursday at the 2013 International Ice Hockey
Federation (IIHF) World Championship...

The National Hockey League (NHL) announced the candidates
selected for its two top defensive awards, the Norris and Vezina
trophies, from its head office in New York, N.Y. on Tuesday and
Wednesday respectively.Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue...

Right winger Brendan Gallagher of the Montreal Canadiens, center
Jonathan Huberdeau of the Florida Panthers and left winger Brandon Saad
of the Chicago Blackhawks were selected as the three finalists for the
2012-13 Calder Memorial Trophy, as announced by...

The Carolina Hurricanes’ final-game loss to the Pittsburgh
Penguins, an 8-3 drubbing, put the exclamation point on a how badly
things turned over a first short, then too-long period of time in
2012-2013.Though the...

Carolina Hurricanes head coach Kirk Muller gave Henry Staal a
gift during a 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Rangers at PNC Arena in
Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday.Muller started all three of Staal’s sons...

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